Wollongong performers flip off to Adelaide Fringe

Emma Khourey didn't plan to be performing her physical theatre show 'Memoirs of a Pageant Princess' while eight months pregnant.

But the Wollongong performer thought it would only make her show funnier for the Adelaide Fringe Festival audience.

Especially the swimsuit part of the performance.

Centred around her character Miss Wollongong - The Princess of Steel, Emma says her 'dim-witted but lovable' alter-ego has been developed for five years.

It was first designed for a Circus WOW production, and has since become an Illawarra favourite about a self-appointed beauty queen.

"It came from a little bit of feminist ideology mixed in with the stupidity of beauty regimes that are put in place for women these days and the comedy you can see within the pageant scene anyway," she said.

"It was easy to put a comic twist on it."

Joining her will be master juggler Ben Bryant, who's show 'Snarp' is a circus and juggling performance with plenty of audience interaction.

Ben's been plying his trade since joining the Wollongong University Juggling Club in 2000 before going on to perform around the world.

"At the fringe it's a chance to run a new show with different routines and a lot of the circus community go to the fringe so we can check out each other's work and touch base," he said.

"Hopefully lots of people come and we make enough money to make it back home."

Ben and Emma are performing their shows as a fundraiser to help cover costs of entering the Adelaide Fringe - you can catch them at The Vault in Port Kembla on Saturday 8th February.